This course examines current Canadian and international economic issues, developments,
policies, and practices from diverse perspectives. Students will explore the decisions that
individuals and institutions, including governments, make in response to economic
issues such as globalization, trade agreements, economic inequalities, regulation, and
public spending. Students will apply the concepts of economic thinking and the economic
inquiry process, as well as economic models and theories, to investigate, and develop
informed opinions about, economic trade-offs, growth, and sustainability and related
economic issues.
Prerequisite: Any university or university/college preparation course in Canadian and world studies, English, or social sciences and humanities
This course traces major developments and events in world history since approximately
1450. Students will explore social, economic, and political changes, the historical roots of
contemporary issues, and the role of conflict and cooperation in global interrelationships.
They will extend their ability to apply the concepts of historical thinking and the historical
inquiry process, including the interpretation and analysis of evidence, as they investigate
key issues and ideas and assess societal progress or decline in world history.
Prerequisite: Any university or university/college
preparation course in Canadian and
world studies, English, or social
sciences and humanities
This course explores the history of various societies and civilizations around the world,
from earliest times to around 1500 CE. Students will investigate a range of factors that
contributed to the rise, success, and decline of various ancient and pre-modern societies
throughout the world and will examine life in and the cultural and political legacy of
these societies. Students will extend their ability to apply the concepts of historical thinking
and the historical inquiry process, including the interpretation and analysis of evidence,
when investigating social, political, and economic structures and historical forces at work
in various societies and in different historical eras.
Prerequisite: Grade 10 Canadian History since World War I, Academic or Applied
In this course, students will address the challenge of creating a more sustainable and
equitable world. They will explore issues involving a wide range of topics, including
economic disparities, threats to the environment, globalization, human rights, and quality
of life, and will analyse government policies, international agreements, and individual
responsibilities relating to them. Students will apply the concepts of geographic thinking
and the geographic inquiry process, including the use of spatial technologies, to investigate
these complex issues and their impacts on natural and human communities around the
world.
Prerequisite: Any university or university/college
preparation course in Canadian and
world studies, English, or social
sciences and humanities